{"id":3297,"date":"2013-10-13T22:51:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T02:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2013-10-13T22:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T02:51:18","slug":"on-from-bangkok-with-despair-by-tichakorn-khroopan-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/?p=3297","title":{"rendered":"On FROM BANGKOK WITH DESPAIR, by Tichakorn Khroopan Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mixing the charm of chick lit with the suspense of a thriller requires a deft hand; in her debut novel, <em>From Bangkok with Despair: (Mis)adventures in D. C.<\/em>, Tichakorn Khroopan Hill is well up to the task. The book follows Joyjira, a Thai reporter trying to make a new life in the US after a nasty breakup back in Bangkok. Joy&#8217;s an engaging character, whose breathless love for Hello Kitty and designer shoes is balanced by her practical approach to the challenges of her new life and new job.<\/p>\n<p>The camaraderie (and occasional savage backbiting) of a city newsroom is vividly depicted here, as are perspectives of the Thai community in the US, from restaurant chefs to international students. If there&#8217;s fault to find with <em>From Bangkok with Despair<\/em>, it&#8217;s that the book does so much at once: it&#8217;s a coming of age story, a Beltway thriller, and a romance. Joy&#8217;s distinctive voice and character are strong enough to tie the book together, though, and delightful enough to leave readers wanting more from Tichakorn Khroopan Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mixing the charm of chick lit with the suspense of a thriller requires a deft hand; in her debut novel, From Bangkok with Despair: (Mis)adventures in D. C., Tichakorn Khroopan Hill is well up to the task. The book follows Joyjira, a Thai reporter trying to make a new life in the US after a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13,283,198,5,28],"class_list":["post-3297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-novels","tag-self-publisher-sundays","tag-thailand","tag-thriller","tag-womens-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3298,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}